This week's Delirium comes from MTV. MTV first aired on August 1, 1981. For those of you who are in your twenties and younger, MTV actually stands for "Music Television" and they played these things called music videos when they first started.
It was a wonderful concept and it was a huge hit. I couldn't wait to see this wonderful new channel and this is the first video they ever played. It's by an average band called The Buggles, and if it weren't for MTV chances are nobody would have ever heard of them.
So here you go, "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles:
Friday, March 20, 2009
New Privacy Policy...
...there is none.
This is from the transcript of a radio show I listen to. It is so true it is scary. We're not talking politics anymore, it's down to civil rights...or the lack thereof.
"By the way, for those of you at AIG, those of you who are now facing a 90% tax rate on your bonuses, which the Obama administration insisted be in the stimulus bill, those at AIG who are facing a 90% tax rate on your bonuses and your names and salaries being made public, I really hope you all voted for Democrats. I hope you all voted for Obama, and I hope you've now learned the Democrat privacy policy."..."We cannot invade the privacy of noncitizen terrorists who are calling from overseas, plotting terror attacks in this country. We cannot invade their privacy.
In fact, we may conduct hearings, war crimes trial hearings on the Bush administration for that very act of violation of privacy rights of terrorist overseas. But we can invade the privacy of legal citizens who receive bonuses that were authorized and contractually obligated by the Obama administration, the very administration that insisted you get the bonuses can now go (blowing a raspberry) on your privacy. Here's the Democrat immigration policy. It's un-American for federal agents to enforce our laws. It is patriotic to come here and stay illegally, and we want you illegals to join labor unions. That's patriotism. You are the backbone of America. Here's the Democrat mortgage policy: we're going to get you a mortgage you have no business getting, we're gonna get you a loan that you can't pay back, that we know that you can't pay back, and then when you fail to pay it back, we're going to force those who pay their mortgages on time to pay your mortgage, too. A very quick lesson here on Democrat privacy policy, immigration policy, and mortgage policy."
The Rush Limbaugh Show - 03/19/2009
This is from the transcript of a radio show I listen to. It is so true it is scary. We're not talking politics anymore, it's down to civil rights...or the lack thereof.
"By the way, for those of you at AIG, those of you who are now facing a 90% tax rate on your bonuses, which the Obama administration insisted be in the stimulus bill, those at AIG who are facing a 90% tax rate on your bonuses and your names and salaries being made public, I really hope you all voted for Democrats. I hope you all voted for Obama, and I hope you've now learned the Democrat privacy policy."..."We cannot invade the privacy of noncitizen terrorists who are calling from overseas, plotting terror attacks in this country. We cannot invade their privacy.
In fact, we may conduct hearings, war crimes trial hearings on the Bush administration for that very act of violation of privacy rights of terrorist overseas. But we can invade the privacy of legal citizens who receive bonuses that were authorized and contractually obligated by the Obama administration, the very administration that insisted you get the bonuses can now go (blowing a raspberry) on your privacy. Here's the Democrat immigration policy. It's un-American for federal agents to enforce our laws. It is patriotic to come here and stay illegally, and we want you illegals to join labor unions. That's patriotism. You are the backbone of America. Here's the Democrat mortgage policy: we're going to get you a mortgage you have no business getting, we're gonna get you a loan that you can't pay back, that we know that you can't pay back, and then when you fail to pay it back, we're going to force those who pay their mortgages on time to pay your mortgage, too. A very quick lesson here on Democrat privacy policy, immigration policy, and mortgage policy."
The Rush Limbaugh Show - 03/19/2009
On The March
The new legislation called " The Employee Free Choice Act" is everything but free choice. It gives unions power to force people to vote the way they want because "we know who you are and how to get to you now". Call your senators and representative and let them know you want this legislation stopped. Socialism is on the march and it needs to be stopped.
Here is a fantastic synopsis from The Heritage Foundation of the bill with its major points that you will never see in the "main stream" media:
Big Labor's Wish List
Organized labor's highest legislative priority, the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), is harmful to both American workers and businesses. The bill has two key components:
1) Eliminates Secret Ballot for “Card Check”
The bill replaces secret ballot union organizing elections with "card check," a process where union organizers publicly solicit workers' signed union authorization cards. If a majority of a company's workers sign cards, they all automatically join the union, without an election. Union activists privately acknowledge that workers often sign union cards because of peer pressure or harassment and that publicly signed cards do not reflect workers' true intentions. That is why unions argue against letting workers use card check to leave a union. Policymakers should understand that union activists know that card check does not reveal employees' free choice, and instead can lead to harassment and intimidation.
2) Establishes Government Imposed Contracts
EFCA also empowers the federal government to impose contracts on newly organized companies. Section 3 of the bill gives government bureaucrats the power to set compensation and make most major business decisions at newly unionized companies. The bureaucrats that would be writing these proposals have no expertise in the company's operations or business model and would be unaccountable if their decisions drove the company into bankruptcy. Workers would lose all say over working conditions.
Under EFCA government bureaucrats would dictate:
• Wages and bonuses
• Employment levels
• Retirement and health care plans
• Changes in business operations
• Promotions procedures
• Work assignments
• Subcontracting
• Closure, sale, or merger of a business
EFCA would effectively create government-run workplaces, and this provision would apply to small businesses too. Because EFCA has no meaningful small business exemption, it would authorize federal control of up to four million small businesses employing 39 million Americans.
EFCA does more than take away workers rights to vote in privacy. It also gives control of the workplace to government bureaucrats with no management experience.
Copied from The Heritage Foundation. For the entire story plus video go to The Heritage Foundation website.
Here is a fantastic synopsis from The Heritage Foundation of the bill with its major points that you will never see in the "main stream" media:
Big Labor's Wish List
Organized labor's highest legislative priority, the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), is harmful to both American workers and businesses. The bill has two key components:
1) Eliminates Secret Ballot for “Card Check”
The bill replaces secret ballot union organizing elections with "card check," a process where union organizers publicly solicit workers' signed union authorization cards. If a majority of a company's workers sign cards, they all automatically join the union, without an election. Union activists privately acknowledge that workers often sign union cards because of peer pressure or harassment and that publicly signed cards do not reflect workers' true intentions. That is why unions argue against letting workers use card check to leave a union. Policymakers should understand that union activists know that card check does not reveal employees' free choice, and instead can lead to harassment and intimidation.
2) Establishes Government Imposed Contracts
EFCA also empowers the federal government to impose contracts on newly organized companies. Section 3 of the bill gives government bureaucrats the power to set compensation and make most major business decisions at newly unionized companies. The bureaucrats that would be writing these proposals have no expertise in the company's operations or business model and would be unaccountable if their decisions drove the company into bankruptcy. Workers would lose all say over working conditions.
Under EFCA government bureaucrats would dictate:
• Wages and bonuses
• Employment levels
• Retirement and health care plans
• Changes in business operations
• Promotions procedures
• Work assignments
• Subcontracting
• Closure, sale, or merger of a business
EFCA would effectively create government-run workplaces, and this provision would apply to small businesses too. Because EFCA has no meaningful small business exemption, it would authorize federal control of up to four million small businesses employing 39 million Americans.
EFCA does more than take away workers rights to vote in privacy. It also gives control of the workplace to government bureaucrats with no management experience.
Copied from The Heritage Foundation. For the entire story plus video go to The Heritage Foundation website.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Delirium!
This one goes way back for me. There are two parts to this because it was an odd circumstance. I saved up my money and bought my first "45" (single for the young folks) "Band On The Run" by Paul McCartney & Wings when I was 6 or 7 years old. I was so excited, but when I got it home it was scratched. I took the record back but it was so popular it was sold out so I picked up my next favorite song instead, "Ricki Don't Lose That Number" by Steely Dan. Not being disappointed, Steely Dan became one of my favorites to this day. Enjoy!
Band On The Run
Ricki Don't Lose That Number:
Band On The Run
Ricki Don't Lose That Number:
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Never, Ever, Ever, Ever Call Tech Support...
...did I mention never?
Some people have no choice because none of your friends are "computer people", but most of us know someone who is proficient with computers. If you do, then please don't call the tech support line for your computer or anything having to do with it until you have called your friend.
Here's why. This has happened with three people I know and in this case it happens to be with AT&T support (IMHO, one of the worst in this department). When you call "tech support", you get a person on the other end of the phone who has a list in front of them. Most have never programmed a computer and even fewer have ever opened one and worked on it. They go through their list and get you to change settings all over the place, other things stop working in addition to your original problem, then they say it's someone else' fault.
In all three of my friends' cases the support person said "it's Windows' fault", "it's Outlook's fault" and "it's Internet Explorer's fault" and left them hanging. They didn't walk them through changing all of their settings back, just messed up their computer and said so sorry.
Please, call your computer friend first. You may think you're being a pest, but believe me it will save you a lot of time. It will also save them the headache of having to go through all of your computer's settings to fix what the so-called tech support person messed up. Most of us can figure out a problem and correct it in less time than you will spend on hold on the tech support line remember, friends first.
Call a friend, look through user forums, but whatever you do please, please, please DON'T CALL TECH SUPPORT.
Some people have no choice because none of your friends are "computer people", but most of us know someone who is proficient with computers. If you do, then please don't call the tech support line for your computer or anything having to do with it until you have called your friend.
Here's why. This has happened with three people I know and in this case it happens to be with AT&T support (IMHO, one of the worst in this department). When you call "tech support", you get a person on the other end of the phone who has a list in front of them. Most have never programmed a computer and even fewer have ever opened one and worked on it. They go through their list and get you to change settings all over the place, other things stop working in addition to your original problem, then they say it's someone else' fault.
In all three of my friends' cases the support person said "it's Windows' fault", "it's Outlook's fault" and "it's Internet Explorer's fault" and left them hanging. They didn't walk them through changing all of their settings back, just messed up their computer and said so sorry.
Please, call your computer friend first. You may think you're being a pest, but believe me it will save you a lot of time. It will also save them the headache of having to go through all of your computer's settings to fix what the so-called tech support person messed up. Most of us can figure out a problem and correct it in less time than you will spend on hold on the tech support line remember, friends first.
Call a friend, look through user forums, but whatever you do please, please, please DON'T CALL TECH SUPPORT.
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